In a state of decomposition.

In ornithology, separated: specifically said of a feather the web of which is decompounded by disconnection of the barbs, or of a bundle of feathers, as those of the crest, which stand or fall apart from one another: used like decompound in botany.

adjective. Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of decompose.

"So the terms decomposed, human body odor, I don ` t think any scientist can qualify to say -- just smell the odor, say that ` s a human body."

closed  composed  deposed  disclosed  disposed  

bad  cankered  carious  corrupt  decayed  

decompose